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If you like Doug Adams, you might consider (after you finish the Hitchhiker series) trying his two Dirk Gently novels. I was so taken with his bizarre sense of humor and creativity that, once I finished reading the Hitchhiker series (twice, actually), I kept an eye out for any other novels by him, and in 1987 was rewarded when he published
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Though thematically different from his Hitchhiker novels, this one was no less humorous or bizarre, as it introduced the strange character of Dirk Gently (real name, Svlad Cjelli), whose oddball methods and brushes with time travel are not only entertaining, but somewhat mind bending in their twists on various theories and the resultant consequences. He followed this in 1988 with
The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul, his second novel featuring Gently, then disappointed me greatly by going to his grave without finishing the third novel in the series,
The Salmon Of Doubt. In any case, once you’re done with the Hitchhiker series, if you find yourself longing for more of Adams’ hilariously odd prose and stories, I would definitely recommend these two novels.
By the way, just as an aside, I might mention that Adams (whose full name was Douglas Noel Adams) was born in Cambridge, England, one year prior to Crick and Watson’s discovery of DNA in that same city.
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